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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Power Granted to Lift Abortion Excommunications

World Youth Day priests granted power to lift abortion excommunications

by Patrick B. Craine

"Tue Aug 16 3:44 PM EST MADRID, Spain, August 16, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, has granted all of the 2,000 priests attending World Youth Day this week the special power to the lift the excommunication and to grant absolution in confession to those who have committed the sin of abortion.

According to the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law, any person who procures an abortion is automatically excommunicated from the Church (can. 1398). This penalty – the worst penalty there is under canon law - can only be lifted by the pope and bishops, as well as priests who have been given special permission by a bishop.

“Normally, only certain priests have the power to lift such an excommunication, but the local diocese has decided to give all the priests taking confession at the event this power,” said the pope’s spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi.

Priests hearing confessions at World Youth Day, however, will be granted special permission to deal with such cases from August 16-22.

The archdiocese said they hope that “all the faithful who attend the celebrations of World Youth Day can more easily access the fruits of divine grace, which opens the door to a new life for them,” according to EWTN News.

Madrid has been labeled the “abortion Mecca” of Europe by local pro-life leaders because of the skyrocketing rate of abortions, which grew from 51,000 in 1996 to 120,000 in 2007. As many as 1 out of 5 of its pregnancies now end in abortion. Last July, the country’s socialist government implemented a new abortion law allowing the deadly procedure on-demand for the first 14 weeks of pregnancy."

Comments

It is said that young ladies today are deciding to have their uterus removed as a life style choice. Why bother with messy, painful menstruation which takes up one third of your life ?
It is said that in becoming a wife & a mother in today's world a female is valued less than an intelligent dog by the world at large & you get the pleasure of living a life of sacrifice & poverty ?
Who wants to be less than a dog in life when young beautiful single females are the most prized, even by married men ?
One only has to look at the youth & beauty, & sex industry to know the truth of it all.
Apparently "THE SWEET SIXTEEN" nip & tuck is the most sought after by all ages.
"Life is but one & to short, choose to live," is the slogan/motto of today ?

Choosing to receive an abortion isn't doesn't necessarily signal a free pass on safe sex. Abortion comes with a lifetime of emotional consequence and the decision to instill priests with this restorative power may provide a way for many to reconnect to the church over an issue that has created much division.

any and all parish priests in the u.s. have this authority. this whole thing has been misleading especially the misinformed making statements regarding dogma and church policy. if you have any questions just ask your parish priest.